Well it was quite an early start for me again,
after next to no sleep because my brain is too busy lol. I’m just
finishing off orders in the hope of having some time off to organise Christmas
although I’m already booked up well past Christmas. I have so many of my
own projects I want to make a start on, but not enough hours in the day. I’m hoping that I’ll find some time in that
small slot just after Christmas day when everyone is over stuffed with too much
food and busy trying out their new presents and maybe sneak a few moments to
play with my own miniatures then. I STILL have a dolls house from last
Christmas that has sat in its box waiting for a space to be made that is large
enough to accommodate it. Moreover, Santa is all set to bring me a
caravan for Christmas oh and an ever so sexy-posh bathroom for the house laying
still unmade. I guess I better find some time and more importantly, some
space to get these mini projects started. I think I’ll maybe do a
separate blog for these projects so I can take you on the journey with me.
Another project in the queue is a little beach
house that is painted in such plain colours and is crying out for some
personality. I was going to make it into
a ‘hippy-indie’ type pad, maybe cram as much into it as possible and make a guy
with dreadlocks to go in it with perhaps a woman with crazy coloured hair to
partner him. The amount of thought and research that goes into even the
tiniest details can be the most time consuming part. Oh decisions,
decisions, I’m still in two minds if I should actually make the beach house
into holiday chalet with fold down beds and other space saving ideas, I mean
even dolls need a holiday sometime and mine really could do with some time off
after all the photographic work they endure lol.
My big dolls house is one of the DHE Mountfield
houses so it’s basically not too different from my own home. It has a
lounge, dining room, kitchen and hall downstairs, three bedrooms and a bathroom
on the next floor and a loft room, which is great because that will give my
imagination a place to run free. This house will take up a HUGE space
because it opens on three sides! Ah well I guess after Christmas I’ll have to
have a big sort out and see if I can make space.
Thought I’d Show you my first ever doll house, it’s
quite dull in comparison to my newer projects, I’m thinking of re-vamping it
perhaps. These pictures were taken quite a long time ago and it has improved
marginally since then but it could still do with a little more excitement.
My mum bought me this house and it took me about
five years or more to get the roof finished... and even then I had help.
I guess the restraints of a young family didn’t offer me much scope for a hobby
at the time either. There is so much I could do with it now I look at
it. It sort of just sits there as a holding spot for my over worked dolls
and bits and bobs while I’m taking pictures, it lives in the dining room which
sometimes becomes an extension of my work space lol. Oops, looking at
these pictures makes me think I just managed to create yet another mini project
for myself haha oh well at least I’ll never suffer with boredom!!
Well I better get on... I need to go and open the
door yet again so one of my beloved pets can come in/go out etc etc... think I
need an electronic door, it’d save me so much time.
Chat soon
Gill xx
